A question about this book, for those that have it:
My copy of this tome run through pages
1, 2, 3, 4, ... 62, 63, 64, 49, 50, 51, ... 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 ?!?!?!
All pages from 49 through 64 have been printed twice.
Did this appear in all printings of the book, or does it make my copy a little more valuble?? :p
Cheers,
Sean
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Re: The Great Illusionists by Edwin Dawes
Sean,
My Chartwell Books (1979) edition is fine. What edition do you have?
Dustin
My Chartwell Books (1979) edition is fine. What edition do you have?
Dustin
Re: The Great Illusionists by Edwin Dawes
Books are printed and bound in signatures of sixeen pages each. These signatures are then gathered and bound into the book. Occasionally a mishap --either mechanical or human -- will occur and two copies of a signature will appear. Sometimes this will cause another signature to be omitted. Sometimes the extra signature is just that extra.
This not only does not make the copy more valuable but results in a defective copy. In my many years in the book business when such a copy came to store attention the offending pages would be heavily bent in and the book would be returned to the publisher for credit. The customer, were there one, would be reimbursed or provided an immacualte copy.
This not only does not make the copy more valuable but results in a defective copy. In my many years in the book business when such a copy came to store attention the offending pages would be heavily bent in and the book would be returned to the publisher for credit. The customer, were there one, would be reimbursed or provided an immacualte copy.
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Re: The Great Illusionists by Edwin Dawes
SNAP!!! Chartwell 1979 :)Originally posted by Dustin:
Sean,
My Chartwell Books (1979) edition is fine. What edition do you have?
Dustin